True Dual Purpose bikes

Dual purpose or DP bikes are the favorites of many riders today. Travel documentaries on motorcycles is a factor that contributes to the fad. A big numbers of BMW GS series are being sold each year supplemented with Versys, Varaderos and some other odd styled bikes from Continental and Japanese manufacturers.The favourite adventure ride for those bikes are riding to Thailand....on the road.

My early experience on a big capacity DP bikes was gained by riding the ever humble Suzuki DR 650 almost 20 years ago. To me it is still a true DP bike. It can do 100 mph on the road comfortably and has no problem tackling a hardcore trail, with a competent rider on board of course.

I rode the bike in a 3 days hardcore offroad adventure ride in 1994 and the bike emerged unscathed. It even beat the more nimble 250cc bikes in some hardcore situtions.

Im still looking for one to buy as my retirement bike.

Our little township

Section 9 Shah Alam is where his little township is. It has special place in his heart. Three decades ago the place was a jungle where he used to ride his scrambler . Now it is his home and the place where his kids go to school and grow up.

The old rubber plantation once named Sungai Rengam estate is a bustling city and still growing. He and the estates aged together. As a human grows old the place is aging too but in a different way. Rapid physical development is turning the city into another metropolitan not without a heavy price to pay.

Shah Alam used to be serene and life was slow paced. The inhabitants too were family like just like in the kampungs but development has taken its toll. Its is becoming another city plagues with issues not unfamiliar to any other big cities. Crimes petty or otherwise were unheard of decades ago are getting more common nowadays.

Its not too late though,we can still halt the degrades provides every citizen is willing to change his or her attitudes. Selfishness has to be binned and work toward a better living condition for everyone. Political will is very much needed from the politicians too. It is not too late.

Section 9 is his adopted township but Shah Alam is his city and he loves it no matter what.